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Extremely Fine
Obverse light spotting
YARMOUTH HALFPENNY around
Obv: Laureate bust to right
Manufactured probably by Lutwyche and one of the Wilkinson counterfeits
Middlesex D&H 305 Foundling Field's Penny Extremely FineObv: A Lamb, within a circle, FOUNDLING FIELDS around, 1795 below. Rev: A cypher I B within a circle, PAYABLE ON DEMAND around. Edge: Milled. UNC. This token commemorates the work of Thomas Coran for abandoned babies. Upon seeing a dead baby on the side of the road one day, he became determined to build London's Foundling Hospital. A basket was placed on the front door in which mothers could place their unwanted babies. The hospital cared for around